Questions on national parks funding
By Darin Huddy
ADELAIDE — Following serious concerns about funding levels to national parks, a federal parliamentary committee has projected that $200 million will be spent nationally on acquiring
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Spock, US pastors in Havana
HAVANA - Renowned US paediatrician Doctor Benjamin Spock presented US$82,000 in medicines to the Cuban Red Cross on the morning of February 1. The shipment was donated by people in 41 US states. The Cuban Red Cross
Bringing up baby
En route to see Baby With the Bathwater, our reviewer fell off his bicycle, suffering grievous injuries that prevented him viewing this new play at the Rep Theatre in Newtown, Sydney. So you'll have to see and judge it for
The year 1992, to be precise. Bound volumes of Green Left for 1992 will shortly be available, at a price of $100. To reserve your copy, send a cheque for $100 to PO Box 394, Broadway 2007, or phone your credit card details to (02) 690 1230.
Building workers' wages vanish
By Peter Chiltern
SYDNEY — The Building Workers Industrial Union is seeking outstanding wages and entitlements for 40 workers on construction projects at Singleton army base, Richmond TAFE college and an
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — A meeting of 1500 union delegates on February 4 voted unanimously for a March 1 stoppage and rally in Victoria against the Kennett government's reactionary policies.
The meeting was considerably smaller than
By Norm Dixon
Popular discontent with Zaire's brutal and corrupt dictator, President Mobutu Sese Seko, has again erupted in the streets of the capital, Kinshasa. Soldiers, angered by being paid with worthless banknotes, rose in rebellion.
Jackys Marsh Forest Festival
By Zari Duniam
Surrounded by the Great Western Tiers, the Jackys Marsh Forest Festival was held over four days, January 29 to February 1. A festive atmosphere blended with the tranquillity of the Tasmanian
Young women's sexual health festival
By Carla Gorton
SYDNEY — Information for young women about HIV and AIDS issues will be the main focus of a national festival at Bondi Pavilion on February 19-20.
"Australian studies warn that
By Lyndall Barnett
MELBOURNE — The Kennett government is drafting legislation giving wider stop-and-search powers to Victorian police, despite frequent instances of police harassment and violence coming to light. On January 20 Scott Baker,
Bob Brown: 'World needs social justice for all'
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — "Social justice will not have been achieved until everyone in the world has social rights and the right to live", Tasmanian Green MP Bob Brown told a dinner for
Labor cuts housing funds
The federal government is to cut $50 million from state-tied housing programs, which will affect low income earners harshly.
For years the New South Wales government has underfunded the community housing sector,
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